Who Is Actually Leading the Construction Project for the Owner?
The architect is designing it. The contractor is building it. Someone inside the company is attending the meetings. That still doesn’t answer the question. Construction…
The Facility Manager’s Important Role During a Construction Project
Facilities should not first discover how a building will operate when the project team is preparing to turn it over. Originally published October 2015. Updated…
Tenant Builders Risk Insurance – Who is really at risk?
Construction can create exposures that ordinary property coverage may not address. The question is not only whether builder’s risk coverage exists, but who is insured…
Why Your Company Move Is A Marketing Opportunity
By Glenn Romanelli, Guest Columnist When a company moves, there are certainly a lot of things that need to get done. So much so that…
What Did We Miss in the Work Letter? Project Experts Weigh In
Experienced project professionals share the overlooked requirements that can become expensive after the lease is signed. Originally published May 2015. Updated October 2026 with current…
Trading Desk Design Trends – Where The Money Is Made
By Casey Markoe, Guest Columnist A Trading Floor is a unique environment designed to house and support the trading operations of financial firms. The staff…
Top 5.5 Consultants You Should Hire For Your Office Buildout
The architect and engineers may design the project, but several other specialists can make the buildout considerably easier to plan, coordinate and operate. Originally published…
Your Broker Found the Space. Who Is Leading the Project?
The broker may lead the real estate transaction. That doesn’t automatically make the broker responsible for determining whether the space works—or for delivering what happens…
Cubicles Get A Charge From USB Charging Ports, Literally!
Twenty years after the invention of USB charging cables for just about every electronic device, systems furniture manufacturers have finally caught up and just started…
Tenant Tip – Check for Damaged Windows Before Construction or Pay Later
If an existing condition isn’t documented before construction starts, proving who caused the damage later can become difficult—and expensive. A landlord once sent my general…
Why Can I Hear People Through My Office Wall?
Acoustic privacy is much easier to specify during design than to fix after people move in. Originally published June 2014. Updated September 2026. The office…
Who Decided There Would Be No Trash Cans?
Centralized waste may make operational sense. But even a small workplace policy needs space, infrastructure and an implementation plan. Originally published April 2014. Updated September…
Furniture Mockups and Employee Surveys Test the Workstation Before You Commit
Let employees use the proposed workstation, ask structured questions, and learn what works before the furniture order is locked. A workstation can look perfectly reasonable…
The Construction Was Upstairs. The Disruption Wasn’t.
The project team had a plan for the tenant’s construction. Then we realized another tenant’s operation was directly below it. Clients entrust their project teams…
Resiliency in Health Care Facilities – “In the Year of the Flood”
Editor’s Note — October 2026: This guest article by Michael Scherer was published in November 2012 following Hurricane Sandy and originally appeared in the New…